Ricochet is a 1991 thriller starring Denzel Washington as Nick Styles, a former LAPD officer who became an ambitious city attorney after apprehending a notorious criminal (John Lithgow) in an incident that happened to be caught on videotape. Styles then finds his life being secretly taken apart by the criminal after he escapes from prison. The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander) and the cast included Ice-T and Kevin Pollak.

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 15

In the carnival scene which takes place in 1984, LAPD Officer (later Lieutenant and Assistant District Attorney) Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) draws a Smith & Wesson Model 15 .38 revolver on Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow), who had just murdered several drug dealers and jumped out a window at Styles' feet.

Shotguns

Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"

The Ithaca 37 "Stakeout" shotgun is used by Earl Talbot Blake (John Lithgow) is confronted by Styles during the carnival in 1984. Nick Styles specifically identifies the weapon as "an Ithaca 37 12 gauge sawed off shotgun with a 5 pound slide". This particular shotgun is similar to the one Arnold Schwarzenegger uses in the film Kindergarten Cop.

Ithaca 37 Stakeout

Blake holds a woman hostage with his Ithaca 37.

Ithaca 37

The guards at the prison that Blake escapes from carry the Ithaca 37 shotgun.

Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 gauge

A prison guard aims his Ithaca 37 before he's taken out by one of the inmates.

One of the inmates disguised as a prison guard covers Blake's escape with his Ithaca 37.